A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology
by José Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Childbirth
Aguirre de Cárcer, A. Preparación a la maternidad. 10th ed. Madrid: Morata, 1989.*
Arsuaga, Juan Luis. "(II). Postura erguida, locomoción bípeda y el dilema del parto." Audio of the lecture at Fundación Juan March (Origen y Evolución del Hombre), 7 Feb. 2002.*
https://www.march.es/conferencias/anteriores/voz.aspx?p1=221&l=1
2018
Balaskas, J. The Active Birth Partner's Handbook. Sidgwick and Jackson, 1984.
_____. The New Active Birth Handbook. Unwin Hyman, 1989.
Balaskas, J., and Y. Gordon. The Encyclopaedia of Pregnancy and Birth. Macdonald Orbis, 1987.
BBC. "South African Woman Gives Birth to 10 Babies in Pretoria – Reports." BBC News 9 June 2021.* (Gosiame Thamara Sithole, 37)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-57400074
2021
Brimblecombe, F. S. W. Separation and Special Care Baby Units. London: Heinemann, 1978.
Chaber, Lois A. "'This Affecting Subject': An 'Interested' Reading of Childbearing in Two Novels by Samuel Richardson." Eighteenth-Century Fiction 8.2 (January 1996): 193-250.*
Clinton, Elizabeth (Lady). The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie. 1622. Excerpt in Lay by Your Needles Ladies, Take the Pen: Writing Women in England 1500-1700. Ed. Suzanne Trill et al. London: Arnold, 1997. 119-24.*
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Complete Guide to Pregnancy. New York: Crown, 1988.
The Countess of Lincoln's Nursurie. (Breastfeeding). 1622.
Chaber, Lois A. "'This Affecting Subject': An 'Interested' Reading of Childbearing in Two Novels by Samuel Richardson." Eighteenth-Century Fiction 8.2 (January 1996): 193-250.*
Dale, B., and J. Roeber. Exercises for Childbirth. Century, 1982.
Dick-Read, Grantly. Childbirth without Fear. Pan, 1969.
Duval, Jacques. Des Hermaphrodits, Accouchemens des Femmes, et Traitement qui est requis pour les releuer en santé, et bien eleuer leurs enfans. Rouen, 1603.
Elbourne, D. Is the Baby All Right? Junction Books, 1981.
England, M .A. Color Atlas of Life Before Birth: Normal Fetal Development. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers, 1983.
Enkin, M., and I. Chalmers, eds. Effectiveness and Satisfaction in Antenatal Care. Spastics International Medical Publications, 1982.
Ewald, Ellen Buchman. Recipes for a Small Planet. Ballantine, 1977.
Flint, C. Sensitive Midwifery. Heinemann, 1986.
Ford, N. M. The Prenatal Ethics from Conception to Birth. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
Friedman, Emanuel A. Labor: Clinical Evaluation and Management. Meredith Publishing Co., 1967.
Gaskin, Ina M. Spiritual Midwifery. The Farm, Tennessee, 1978.
Hrdy, Sarah. Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding. Cambridge (MA): Harvard UP, 2009.
Inch, S. Birth Rights. Hutchinson, 1982.
Ingelman-Sundberg, Axel, and Claes Wirsen. The Everyday Miracle: A Child Is Born. 1965. Trans. Britt and Claes Wirsen and Annabelle MacMillan. London: Penguin, 1967.
Kelly, Mary. Post-Partum Document. London: Routledge, 1983.
Kitzinger, Sheila. Some Women's Experience of Induced Labor. NCT, 1978.
_____. Birth at Home. Oxford UP, 1979.
_____. Birth Over Thirty. Sheldo Press, 1982.
_____. The Good Birth Guide. Penguin, 1983.
_____. Woman's Experience of Sex. Dorling Kindersley, 1983. Penguin, 1986.
_____. A Celebration of Birth. Sattle: Pennypress, 1986.
_____. The Experience of Childbirth. London: Gollancz, 1982. Penguin, 1987.
_____. The Experience of Breastfeeding. Penguin, 1987.
_____. Freedom and Choice in Childbirth: Making Pregnancy Decision and Birth Plans. Penguin, 1987.
_____. Some Women's Experiences of Epidurals. National Childbirth Trust, 1987.
_____. Pregnancy and Childbirth. 1980. 2nd. ed. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1989.
_____. Embarazo y nacimiento. 2ª ed. Trans. J. A. Domínguez Delgado. Madrid: Interamericana / McGraw-Hill, 1991.*
_____, ed. The Midwife Challenge. Pandora, 1988.
Kitzinger, S., and I. Nilsoson. Being Born. Dorling Kindersley, 1986.
Kitzinger, S., and P. Simkin, eds. Episiotomy and the Second Stage of Labor. Sattle: Pennypress, 1986.
Klaus, Marshall, and John Kennel. Maternal-Infant Bonding. London: Mosby, 1977.
Leboyer, F. Birth Without Violence. London: Fontana, 1977.
Leboyer, F. The Art of Breathing. Element Books, 1985.
Loader, A., ed. Pregnancy and Parenthood (The Official National Childbirth Trust Handbook). Oxford UP, 1985.
MacFarlane, Aidan. The Psychology of Childbirth. Fontana, 1977.
_____. Getting to Know Each Other. Farley Products, 1979.
Martínez Gázquez, José Manuel. "Neotenia (3): Un dilema obstétrico." Der Golem 22 July 2020.*
https://dergolem.blog/2020/07/22/neotenia-3/
2020
McCullough, L. B., and F. A. Chervenak. "A Critical Analysis of the Concept and Discourse of the 'Unborn Child'." American Journal of Bioethics 8.7 (2008): 34-39.
Nilsson, L. A Child Is Born. New York: Delacorte / Seymour Lawrence, 1976.
Noble, E. Essential Exercises for the Childbearing Year. John Murray, 1978.
Oakley, A. The Captured Womb. Martin Robertson, 1980.
_____. From Here to Maternity. Penguin, 1986.
Odent, Michel. Birth Reborn. London: Fontana, 1986.
_____. Entering the World: The Demedicalization of Childbirth. Penguin, 1985.
O'Driscoll, Kieran, and Declan Meagher. Active Management of Labour. London: Saunders, 1980.
Olza, Ibone. Parir: El poder del parto. Ediciones B, c. 2017.
Page, Ruth E. "Evaluation in Childbirth Narratives Told by Women and Men." Discourse Studies 4.1 (2002): 99-116.
_____. "An Analysis of APPRAISAL in Childbirth Narratives with Special Consideration of Gender and Storytelling Style." Text 23.2 (2003): 211-237.
Rank, Otto. The Trauma of Birth. 1924.
_____. El trauma de nacimiento. Barcelona: Paidós, 1981.
Rosenberg, Karen R., and Wenda R. Trevathan. "La evolución del parto humano." In Evolución humana. (Temas, 44). Investigación y Ciencia- Edición española de Scientific American, 2nd tr. 2006. 82-87.*
Savage, W. A Savage Enquiry: Who Controls Childbirth? Virago, 1987.
Sharp, Jane. The Midwives Book. 1671. Excerpt in Lay by Your Needles Ladies, Take the Pen: Writing Women in England 1500-1700. Ed. Suzanne Trill et al. London: Arnold, 1997. 227-32.*
Stoppard, Miriam. The New Pregnancy and Birth Book. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1985. 1991.
_____. El nuevo libro del embarazo y nacimiento. Madrid: Debate, 1992.
Tewari, Suranjana. "'Smallest Baby at Birth' Home after 13 Months in Hospital." BBC News 9 Aug. 2021.* (Yu Xuan, born at 25 weeks).
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58141756
2021
Verny, Thomas, Dr., and John Kelly. The Secret Life of the Unborn Child. 1981.
_____. La vida secreta del niño antes de nacer. Trans. Horacio González Trejo. Barcelona: Ediciones Urano, 1988.*
Williams, Cicely, and Derrick B. Jelliffe. Mother and Child Health. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1972.
Worthington, B. S., et al. Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation. Mosby, 1977.
Wright, Erna. The New Childbirth. Tandem, 1969.
Films
Los días que vendrán. Dir. Carlos Marquet-Marcet. Cast: David Verdaguer, María Rodríguez Soto, Albert Prat, Sergi Torrecilla. Spain, 2019. (Pregnancy).
Internet resources
Blogging Mommies
http://www.bloggingmommies.com
2005-01-15
Journal Babies (Baby blogs).
2005-01-15
Literature
Dickens, Charles. "Nacimientos: El de un hijo a la señora Meek." From Reprinted Pieces. In Dickens, Obras completas XII. Madrid: Santillana-Aguilar, 2005. 51-55.*
Joyce, James. Ulysses. Many editions
Loy, Mina. "Parturition."
Video
Wolf, Naomi. "Calcified Placentas: A Nurse Midwife's Disturbing Testimony." Video interview with Ellen Jasmer. Rumble (Daily Clout) 14 April 2023.*
https://rumble.com/v2ia39w-calcified-placentas-a-nurse-midwifes-disturbing-testimony.html
2023
See also Obstetrics; Pregnancy; Motherhood; Midwives.
